Parkland, Florida Shooting

by Kate HarvestonIt’s been over two months since the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman High School in Parkland, Florida. While much has happened in and around our nation since that day, substantial gun control is not on that list. And while President Trump hosted a listening ...read more

Axios put together this horrifying chart from data gathered in a Pew Research Center poll about children in America's fear about getting shot in school: Axios summarized the findings as follows: Overall, 57% of teenagers are worried about a shooting at their school.But ...read more

In the least surprising news ever, Fox News is deciding to stick with Laura Ingraham after she publicly mocked 17 year old survivor of the Florida high school mass shooting in Parkland, David Hogg. Why? Because Ingraham and "free speech" are apparently the victim in all of this. ...read more

Every now and then, we get an email from the PR people of disgusting right wing media figures asking us to take something down or alter a piece that threatens to take away the ad revenue of their client. We've had emails from Milo Yiannopolous's people, Charles C. Johnson's ...read more

While the huge gun control marches that occurred across the nation in the wake of the Parkland shooting in Florida were inspiring for those who want change in America, a recently released statistic on NRA donations is particularly horrifying. Reported the NYPost (bold emphasis ...read more

Regardless of Parkland massacre survivor David Hogg's political views, he is an 17 year old victim of a horrific event that no human being should ever have to go through. Yet a mainstream conservative media host saw fit to troll him on Twitter, mocking him for not getting into ...read more

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Shortly before his death, former President Gerald R. Ford declared, "I am prepared to allow history's judgment of my term in office to rest (if necessary, exclusively) on my nomination thirty years ago of Justice John Paul Stevens to the U.S. Supreme Court." Stevens, an Illinois ...read more

CNN commentator and failed presidential candidate Rick Santorum (R) just uttered perhaps the most ill conceived words ever in the wake of a mass school shooting. Speaking about the mass protests that took place around the country, Santorum suggested that rather than students ...read more

Update: Since the publication of this story, Leslie Gibson, the Republican who made the offensive comments, has dropped out of the race. The Trump Administration has been horrible for democracy but great for democratic activism, as resisters nationwide have worked their ...read more

Last year on SNL, the insanely versatile Kate McKinnon played Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in the first of Melissa McCarthy's sketches as former press secretary Sean Spicer. When asked a question about proficiency in students, she freezes up and says:"I don't know anything ...read more

John Oliver was on rare form on his show "Last Week Tonight" eviscerating the NRA and it's hilarious bad TV channel NRATV. “The NRA is a group that feels about guns the way the rest of us feel about Nutella," said Oliver. "A little is good, more is better, and you can tell me ...read more

Last night, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students David Hogg and Cameron Kasky joined Bill Maher to discuss the campus shooting in Parkland, FL, and their campaign to prevent future gun violence. I was skeptical that two 17 year olds would be able to handle themselves on ...read more

The Banter Long Read: There is legitimate reason to criticize the FBI and local law enforcement over their handling of the Parkland shooting before, during and after the event. There should be a thorough investigation into the intelligence failings regarding Cruz and the botched ...read more

According to right wing firebrand Tomi Lahren, the fact that people who want gun control don't know what the 'AR' in 'AR-15' stands for means they cannot demand gun control. She tweeted this breathlessly idiotic statement on twitter yesterday: Lahren was then correctly raked over ...read more

In the wake of the horrendous shooting at Stoneman Douglas High, the students who began the 'Never Again' movement have become America's conscience, quite literally speaking truth to power. Unfortunately, they've also become the target of right-wing scorn, with Facebook posts ...read more

In the wake of the Parkland school shooting in Florida, Trump and the Republicans have scrambled to find the right tone. Sensing a changing public sentiment in regards to gun control, they have done their best to appear "open to ideas" on how best to deal with the murderous ...read more

Early Wednesday morning, DICK'S Sporting Goods announced that it would no longer sell assault-style rifles, high capacity magazines, and that it would be raising the age limit to purchase firearms to 21 regardless of what state laws allow:We at DICK’S Sporting Goods are deeply ...read more

President Trump, the man who deferred from the military during the Vietnam war 5 times due in part to "bone spurs" believes he would have run into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, to stop the gunman who slaughtered 17 students and teachers with an AR-15. ...read more

The pro-gun violence lobby has a very successful playbook it uses after every mass shooting. They've used it so many times in the last decade it's become something of a running morbid joke: Thoughts and Prayers, it's too soon, stop politicizing a tragedy, why do you hate our ...read more

Since he joined the Senate in 2011, Marco Rubio has been one of most feckless members of Congress. Once considered the potential savior of the GOP for his Latino heritage, he has embarrassed himself every time he takes the national spotlight, whether reaching for his water bottle ...read more

The Banter Long Read: Trump-Republicans have much to answer for. On top of electing this incompetent, misinformed Russian agent, Donald Trump, to the presidency, saddling us all with the responsibility of containing then cleaning up the decades worth of mess he's making, ...read more

The Banter Long Read: Last week, Jimmy Kimmel once again found himself the unlikely spokesperson for the anger Americans feel towards the Republicans who offer thoughts and prayers in the wake of mass shootings, but nothing else. Before 2017, he had been one of the least ...read more

In the three days since the massacre in Parkland, Florida, Republicans have either gone into hiding like the sniveling cowards they are or they've read their NRA-approved script and then cashed their blood soaked check from the gun lobby. Fox News, AM Hate Radio, and right wing ...read more

The school shooting in Parkland, Florida, killed 17 kids and terrorized an entire school. As a result, schools across America were reevaluating their lockdown drills and parent-run social media groups are having heated debates over teachers being armed. Meanwhile, videos from ...read more

After 17 children were slaughtered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, by former student Nikolas Cruz, parents in America must now take matters into their own hands. There is now no other way. With shooting after shooting after shooting, it is abundantly ...read more